diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5553f5a..e5fc3a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ all: protobufs
 format:
 	black $(FILES_TO_LINT)
 	isort --recursive $(FILES_TO_LINT)
-	docformatter -ir $(FILES_TO_LINT)
+	docformatter -ir --pre-summary-newline $(FILES_TO_LINT)
 
 lintroll:
 	mypy -p libp2p -p examples --config-file mypy.ini